I still have revisions to do on my first crime/thriller before self-pubbing, but a while ago a second thriller started to write itself in my head (Relax — it's not the same as having voices in your head telling you what to do. Mostly.). Naturally, I had to go with it. It's first draft, of course, but I'm excited at how it's shaping up and thought other crime/thriller fans might like to take a peek. There's no pussy-footin' around here — the very first character, in the very first scene, is going to have a baaaaaad night ...

For the moment, at least, the book is entitled NAILS. To read it, just click below, where it says "Nails as a pdf." It'll pop up as a .pdf file. If you want to download it, on the .PDF menu all the way on the left, click that doohicky that looks like a purplish floppy disk.NAILS by Nik Barnabee

Meet Lily Westfall: police detective in a mid-sized east coast town; mother of two boys, one of whom has, unbeknownst to her, already been touched by the strange wave of violence that is about to change everything. Will this, her first important case, make or break her career? Will her sons be in danger? Will the skilled but slightly wacky hippie medical examiner discover evidence to break the case? Even I don't know for sure, but I am certain that there are many dark and disturbing things on the horizon.